Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 100
Devanagari script
इत्येतत्कथितं सर्वं किमन्यत्परिपृच्छसि
Transliteration
ityetatkathitaṃ sarvaṃ kimanyatparipṛcchasi
Translation
So ist dies alles dargelegt; was willst du noch erfragen?
Word by Word
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formनिपात/उद्धरण-समाप्तिसूचक (quotative/closure particle)
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
कथितम्told/said
कथितम्:
Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-भाव)
TypeVerb
Rootकथ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
सर्वम्all
सर्वम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन
किम्what
किम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक
अन्यत्other
अन्यत्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन
परिपृच्छसिdo you ask (further)
परिपृच्छसि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपरि + प्रच्छ् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: परि
Speaker
Narrator/Teacher figure within the dialogue (contextual speaker concluding the account)
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: null
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A sage-narrator pauses after completing the account, turning to the listener with a gentle, inviting gesture—‘What else do you ask?’
FAQs
Purāṇic teaching is dialogical—revelation is offered fully, and the listener is invited to inquire further for clarity and practice.
It closes the immediately preceding glorification of Vastrāpatha/Yavādhika tīrtha.
None; it functions as a narrative transition inviting further questions.